Improvement in car-seats



a. a. WELLMAN.

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Patented Jan. 5, 1875.

, mvgmm menus! WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEIGE EDWIN G. WELLMAN, or cANANnAIeUA, NEW YORK.

V IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,449, dated January5, 1870; application filed August 29, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN G. WELLMAN, of Ganandaigua, in the county ofOntario and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Car-Seats, of which the following is a specification:

The invention will first be fully described, and then pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an end view of a cal-seatconstructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view, partly insection, looking from the line 00 w of Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts.

A represents the ends of the seat. B is the seat proper. O are the legs.D is the back, the adjustment of which over the seat proper forms themain feature of my invention. .E represents fixed rods in the ends A.The back is made in parts connected to a central or third part at thetop. F F are the two upholstered parts of the back. G is the centralpart. This central part is made of wood, or wood and metal combined, butit may be made entirely of metal or of any suitable material, and isattached to the rods E at each end by means of plates which project,having holes through which the rods pass.

This central part extends from near the seat to the top of the back.Each of the parts E F are made in two parts, divided by the middle lineH, so that they spring out and in independently of each other. Theseparts are attached to the top of the central part G, so that there is aspring imparted to them by the elasticity of the upholstering-cloth, orby springs inserted between the surfaces. The

back sides of the parts of which E and F are formed are made of wood orother rigid material, to keep them in shape and place.

I are long staples or other fixtures which pass over the horizontal rodsE, and enter the wood of the backs.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Pat'- cut-- 1. The three-part back, having sections F F, madeeach in two parts, divided on the line H, as and for the purposedescribed.

2. The combination of three connected parts F G F, having each a staple,I, with rods E E on the arms, as and for the purpose specified.

E. G. WELLMAN. Witnesses JAMES R. MosEs, F. H. BEAL.

